Adebutu remains Ogun PDP governorship candidate – INEC

By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dispelled rumors that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu has been delisted from the list of candidates that will contest the Saturday, March 18 election.

Reports that Ogun PDP has no governorship candidate in the March 18 election surfaced on the Social Media during the week.

Some members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State have been circulating the news that INEC has not recognised Adebutu as the Gubernatorial candidate of the party.

But, the Residence Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye dispelled the rumor, describing it as unfounded.

Ijalaye reacted to the rumor while speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, on Saturday.

“It is a rumor that is not founded, that is all”, Ijalaye said.

The INEC REC insisted that, Adebutu remained the Governorship candidate of the PDP in the State and called on called on residents of the State to ignore it.

Ijalaye said, Adebutu would be participating in the election as the authentic Governorship candidate of the PDP.